Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 1092]

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1956]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Johnston, M r . Livingston, M r . Megran, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, M r . Nickell, M r . Stratton, M r . Swain, M r s . Watkins.

CHANGES IN CONTRACTS AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR ALTGELD HALL. REMODELING (24) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend the following additions to contracts for the remodeling of Altgeld Hall: General — Elevator work — C. A. Petry and Sons, Champaign $ 4 325 95 Remodeling of Library and Locker Room — C. A. Petry and Sons, Champaign 8 495 00 Plumbing, heating, and ventilating — Schroeder and Sons, Champaign.. 3 663 00 Electrical — Potter Electric Service, Urbana 2 389 00 This additional work is for ( a ) converting space formerly occupied by the Mathematics Library and the locker room into classroom and office space, $16,000, and (b) changing access facilities to the elevator to make it accessible to students using wheel chairs and to other handicapped students, $5,900, and will be done by contractors now constructing the addition to the building and remodeling the interior. T h e Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations has recommended $21,900 for these additional improvements. I recommend that this appropriation be made and that the Comptroller be authorized to execute the contract changes. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e , a n d the C o m p t r o l l e r w a s a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e c u t e t h e c o n t r a c t c h a n g e s . T h i s action w a s t a k e n b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . B i s s e l l , M r . H e r r i c k , Mrs. H o l t , M r . J o h n s t o n , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . M e g r a n , M r . W i l l i a m son; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . N i c k e l l , M r . S t r a t t o n , M r . S w a i n , M r s . Watkins. CONTRACT FOR PARKING LOT ADJOINING EAST DENTISTRY-MEDICINE-PHARMACY BUILDING (25) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $38,051 to the Swanson Asphalt Company, Inc., Chicago, the lowest bidder, for the construction of a parking lot adjoining the East DentistryMedicine-Pharmacy Building at the south end of the block bounded by Hermitage Avenue on the east, Taylor Street on the south, and Wood Street on the west. The work will consist of excavating and surfacing the area, installation of protective lighting, bumpers, a fence and control gate, and landscaping. This lot is part of the addition to the East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building project and is needed to relieve congestion in this area. Funds are available in the state appropriations to the University for buildings and other permanent improvements for the biennium 1955-57. I concur and recommend that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board be authorized to execute this contract.

On motion of Mr. Bissell, this contract was awarded, and the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board were authorized to execute the same.

CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITION T O POWER PLANT (26) The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend award of a contract for $13,803 to Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, for thermal insulation in the construction of an addition to the Abbott Power Plant, and authorization of an agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the relocation and extension of the coal track siding in the power plant yard at an estimated cost of $9,260, but based on actual costs to the Company. Funds are available in the state appropriations to the University for 1955-57 for buildings and other permanent improvements, subject to release by the Governor.